Nurith Aizenman
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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Every time we divvy up our money among good causes, we're making a moral judgment about who is most deserving. -
In lower-income countries, snakes, cow carcasses and collapsing walls are among the hazards faced by this critical but long-ignored group of workers. -
A sweeping study in The Lancet finds that longstanding progress in treating diseases and reducing childhood deaths is in jeopardy. -
The first-ever Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index points to the creative rules that some nations use — and what happens when contact isn't policed. -
How does their approach work in practice? And why is it considered so ground-breaking? -
Even as U.S. authorities investigate Juul for marketing to minors and making unproven safety claims, the company is using those tactics to expand to poorer countries. Case in point: the Philippines. -
Remarks at the U.N. this week reinforced the Trump administration's anti-abortion stand. But a study this summer found that cutting aid to groups that "promote" abortion may have an unintended effect. -
The foundation has just released its annual report on progress toward Sustainable Development Goals. The conclusion: Inequality is rampant, and it's time for some hard choices. -
There's mounting evidence that the measles virus can erase our immunity to everything from influenza viruses to diarrheal disease. -
The national average in the U.S. is 4.43 deaths per 100,000. By contrast, in Canada, the figure is 0.47 per 100,000. In Bangladesh, it's 0.07 deaths per 100,000.
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The head of the World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo an international emergency. It's only the fifth time the WHO has sounded the alarm this way.
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To answer that question, the U.N. has just named a security expert as its "emergency Ebola coordinator." What's his take?
